A key to our future, found in our past. In recent days, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney struck a committee that will study a number of provocative ideas in his self-avowed quest for a “fair deal” for Alberta. These ideas will…

It is difficult for political parties to merge in Alberta because it is impossible for them to transfer assets to each other. This is the conclusion of numerous anti unite-the-right activists and commentators. They base this on recent comments from Glen Resler, Alberta’s…

Let’s start with a surprising fact: Alberta is Canada’s socialist paradise. I compared per capita spending on government programs across Canada a few years back and found that Alberta was spending 40 percent more than Ontario and one-third more than British Columbia for…

In recent years, Alberta’s fiscal stance has shifted from large surpluses to deficits, and a large part of the blame appears to be due to rising public sector salaries. Since 2000, the province’s public sector wage bill has shot up…

Alberta spent the better part of the last decade of the 20th century becoming the paragon of fiscal virtue.1 Following a 1993 election fought over the nature of Alberta’s spending, the Alberta government set the standard for having a clean…